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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
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Maternal Family Tree: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu 1030-1089
14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings
1066 Coronation of William The Conqueror
1069 Murder of Robert de Comines Earl Northumbria
1087 King William "The Conqueror" Dies King William II Succeeds
Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu was created Countess Aumale.
Around 1030 Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu was born to [her father] Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy (age 29).
On 3rd July 1035 [her father] Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy (age 35) died at Nicaea. His son [her illegitimate half-brother] William (age 7) succeeded II Duke Normandy.
In 1047 [her illegitimate half-brother] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 19), supported by King Henry I of France (age 38), defeated a rebel army led by William's cousin Guy Ivrea (age 22) who opposed William's succession as Duke of Normandy at the Battle of Val ès Dunes in Caen, Calvados, Basse Normandie.
Hamon Dentatus was killed.
In 1047 Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux died. His son [her future husband] Odo (age 7) succeeded Count Troyes and Meaux.
In 1048 [her future husband] Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 8) was created I Count Champagne.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Before 1049 Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Ponthieu. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Hugh Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Bertha Aumale Countess Aumale and Ponthieu. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Before 1049 Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 8) and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Troyes and Meaux, Countess Champagne. He by marriage Count Aumale. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Stephen Blois II Count Troyes and Meaux and Adele Unknown. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1049 [her husband] Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu was excommunicated for his marriage Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 19) being consanguineous during the Council of Reims.
Around 1050 Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 20) were divorced.
Before 1051 [her illegitimate half-brother] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 22) and [her sister-in-law] Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders (age 38) and Adela Capet Duchess Normandy (age 41). He the illegitmate son of [her father] Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy and Herleva Falaise. They were third cousin once removed.
Around 1053 Lambert Flanders II Count Lens (age 37) and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy. He the son of Eustace Flanders I Count Boulogne and Matilda Reginar Countess Boulogne. They were fifth cousins.
On 25th October 1053 [her former husband] Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu died. His uncle Guy (age 26) succeeded I Count Ponthieu.
In 1054 [her husband] Lambert Flanders II Count Lens (age 38) died at Lille during the Battle of Lille when fighting for Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders (age 41).
Around 1054 [her daughter] Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon was born to [her husband] Lambert Flanders II Count Lens (age 38) and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 24). She married 1070 Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon, son of Siward "Stout" Earl of Northumbria and Aelfflaed Northumbria, and had issue.
After 1066 [her husband] Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 26) was created 1st Earl Holderness Feudal. There is some confusion around this creation. His wife, Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 36) may have been created Countess of Holderness with Odo holding it by right of his wife.
On 14th October 1066 the Norman army led by [her illegitimate half-brother] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 38) defeated the English army of King Harold II of England (age 44) at the 14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings fought at Senlac Hill Hastings. Aimery Thouars (age 42), Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia (age 24), [her former brother-in-law] Eustace Flanders II Count Boulogne (age 51), William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford (age 46), Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche, William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey, Raoul Tosny, Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 26), Hugh Grandesmil (age 34), Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (possibly), Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 35) and Bishop Odo of Bayeux fought for William.
King Harold II of England was killed. Earl Wessex, Earl Hereford extinct.
Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent (age 31) was killed. Earl Kent extinct.
His brothers Gyrth Godwinson Earl East Anglia (age 34) and Engenulphe Aigle (age 56) were killed.
On 25th December 1066 [her illegitimate half-brother] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 38) was crowned I King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Ealdred.
On 28th January 1069 Robert de Comines Earl Northumbria was burned to death in Durham, County Durham [Map] when a rebel army set fire to the house in which he was staying. All his men were killed. In retaliation [her illegitimate half-brother] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 41) commenced the Harrying of the North.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Around 1070 [her son] Stephen Blois Count Aumale was born to [her husband] Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 30) and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 40). He married before 1101 Hawise Mortimer Countess Aumale and had issue.
In 1070 [her son-in-law] Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon and [her daughter] Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon (age 16) were married. She by marriage Earldorman Northumbria, Countess Huntingdon. She, Judith, a niece of [her illegitimate half-brother] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 42). She the daughter of [her former husband] Lambert Flanders II Count Lens and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 40). He the son of Siward "Stout" Earl of Northumbria and Aelfflaed Northumbria.
After 1086 [her daughter] Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon (deceased) died.
On 9th September 1087 [her illegitimate half-brother] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 59) died at the Priory of St Gervaise, Rouen [Map]. He was buried at the Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen [Map], at a ceremony presided over by Gilbert Arques Bishop Evreux. [her illegitimate nephew] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 19) attended. His son [her illegitimate nephew] William (age 31) succeeded II King of England. His son [her illegitimate nephew] Robert (age 36) succeeded III Duke Normandy.
Before 1090 Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu (age 59) died. Her son [her son] Stephen (age 19) succeeded Count Aumale.
In 1115 [her former husband] Odo Blois Count Troyes, Champagne and Aumale and 1st Earl Holderness (age 75) died. His son [her son] Stephen (age 45) succeeded 2nd Earl Holderness Feudal.
[her daughter] Adelaide Ponthieu was born to Enguerrand Ponthieu II Count Ponthieu and Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu.
Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rollo Normandy Duke Normandy
Great x 2 Grandfather: William "Longsword" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sprota Unknown
GrandFather: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Unknown Unknown
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gunnora Countess Ponthieu
Father: Robert "Magnificent" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan "Great" I King Brittany
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pascweten Vannes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Judicael Berengar Penthièvre I Count Rennes
Great x 1 Grandfather: Conan "Crooked" Penthièvre III Duke Brittany
GrandMother: Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Red" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou
Great x 4 Grandmother: Roscille Loches Countess Anjou
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ratburnus I Viscount of Vienne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany
Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois II Count Vermandois II Count Soissons II Count Meaux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Vermandois Count Meaux Count Châlons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adele Vermandois Countess Anjou
Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu